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Senior Cisco IPT engineer, kwa-zulu natal

Region:

Kwazulu-Natal

Division:

Office Location:

Westway Office Park

Reporting to:

Eugene Berger

Position:

Senior Cisco IPT Engineer

Required Start Date:

ASAP

Permanent / Contract:

Permanent

  

 

Position Summary and Primary Objectives

This position will install Cisco Call Manager Systems, perform Cisco IPT network assessments, lead small projects and resolve faults.

 

 

Main Duties / Key Accountabilities

Projects

·   Installing, configuring, updating, upgrading, and troubleshooting all equipment that carries voice traffic or any other equipment that supports the equipment that carries the voice traffic; specifically Cisco switches, routers and gateway.

·   Reviewing high-level architectural documents and translating them into detailed specifications and configurations

·   VoIP, BGP, ATM, VPN, VLAN design & integration

·   Analysis and enhancement of system performance and quality

·   Troubleshooting any technical issues on the voice network

Faults

·   Take responsibility for faults allocated to you

·   Ensure awareness of the SLA that is associated with each fault.

·   Strive to exceed SLA measurements and escalate to coordinator should you believe a SLA will be breached

·   Always test equipment thoroughly and do not make unnecessary equipment replacements

·   Where equipment replacement is necessary, ensure equipment serial numbers are recorded and a copy of the service report is given to the contracts department.

·   Escalate timeously to the coordinator and the Operations Manager as soon as the impact to the client changes or if no progress is being made.

·   Should you believe that the problem is of such a nature that you require a  more senior resource, escalate to the coordinator immediately.

·   Complete all internal documentation and deliver to coordinator

Minor Moves, Additions and Changes

·   Understanding scope of the change

·   Discussing and planning implementation with client

·   Complete change control for the change

·   Implement the change

·   Test change and ensure no impact has been made to existing infrastructure, specifically ISDN.

·   Update design documentation

·   Hand-over to client with all necessary documentation

·   Complete all internal documentation and deliver to coordinator

Internal Documentation

·   Project timesheets needs to be completed daily and handed in weekly

·   Delivery notes need to be signed by customers and returned to stores as soon as you return to the office

·   For projects, a list of equipment with the associated serial numbers and

   location of the installed equipment must be provided to the contracts department

·   Service reports for non-project calls must be handed in daily and all updates and times spent need to be completed on this form

·   Where equipment has been replaced under maintenance, serial numbers of the old and new equipment need to documented on the service report and a copy given to the contracts department

·   Idle times need to updated weekly and provided to the coordinator

Time Management

·   Prioritise tasks that are assigned and ensure daily and weekly schedule is up to date to ensure all tasks are addressed within customer expectation and any Service level Agreements.

·   Timeously escalate an overloaded work schedule to the Operations Manager, so that tasks can be reallocated or rescheduled

Audit (Other)

·   Ad-hoc equipment audits and health audits

·   Completed as per audit templates where available

·   Detailed documentation of investigations and findings

Care Reports

·   Assist Service Delivery Managers by contributing to the monthly care reports with meaningful understandings of the statistics that come from

·   INSITE in order to deliver a top quality report

 

 

Requirements: Education, Training and Experience

Education and Training

·   Tertiary education in Information technology is an advantage.

·   CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate)

·   Completed CCVP certification or currently working towards

·   Ability to install and program Cisco Call Manager independently. Network Architecture and design

 

Experience

·   1+ years with Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Unity.

 

 

Personal Attributes and Skills Required

·   Ability to manage your own time and work schedule

·   Team Player

·   Ability to work under pressure

·   Willingness to work after hours

·   Willingness to travel
















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